Brian Claeys

Attorney at Law.
South Florida

 

Expertise

At heart, I help clients plan for the future, administer estates and trusts, and sort out the consequences when things go wrong.

 

Contact

Lawyers solve problems / Don’t hesitate to reach out so I can help you with yours

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ASSET PROTECTION

  • Medicaid asset protection
  • Trusts
  • Homestead issues
  • Holistic risk management

BUSINESS ISSUES

  • Business succession planning
  • Partnerships and agreements
  • Managing business relationships

ELDER ISSUES

  • Planning for aging
  • Medicaid planning
  • Health care issues
  • Financial issues

ESTATE PLANNING

  • Wills and Trusts
  • Living wills
  • Health care surrogates
  • Power of Attorneys
  • Asset protection

LITIGATION

  • Elder abuse and exploitation
  • Undue influence
  • Fraud
  • Contract disputes

PROBATE

  • Estate administration
  • Homestead issues
  • Will contests
  • Trust administration

TRUST

  • Probate-avoiding trusts
  • Medicaid trusts
  • Asset protection trusts
  • Elder care trusts

I am a south florida attorney with an independent practice in Fort Lauderdale. For more information on the specifics of my practice, please see my practice page.

Looking through the Yellow Pages, it seems like there’s a lawyer for everything. It would be misleading, however, to believe that attorneys work only within clearly-defined specialties.

My practice consists of several interrelated areas. At heart, I help clients plan for the future, administer estates and trusts, and sort out the consequences when things go wrong.

PLANNING

My planning work takes several forms, including:

  • Creating “aging care” plans designed to minimize conflict among family members, business partners, and loved ones;
  • Structuring business agreements and relationships to avoid litigation;
  • Protecting assets from potential creditors – including the tax man.
  • Preventing fraud by implementing “checks and balances” within estate planning documents, trusts, and business agreements.
ADMINISTRATION
  • Sorting out the pieces after the death of a loved one;
  • Managing trusts;
  • Providing advice concerning existing business agreements.
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
  • Working with families to resolve conflicts related to a loved one’s care;
  • Recovering damages for victims of fraud and abuse;
  • Administering estates and trusts following the death of a loved one;